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Future Space Transportation Study

Andrews Space & Technology has completed the first phase of a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct a Future Space Transportation Study that analyzed emerging space markets and their transportation needs.

Download the FSTS Executive Summary and Final Report:

FSTS Executive Summary (PDF - 1.3 Mb)

FSTS Final Report (PDF - 5.3 Mb)

Along with performing technical market analysis in the study, Andrews Space & Technology developed an animated "trailer" characterizing future commercial space activities and conducting business in orbit.  

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Andrews Space & Technology's tasks for the Future Space Transportation Study, a multiphase effort, include: identifying non-aerospace companies which could profit from doing business in space; interviewing select companies to better understand how they could do business in orbit; developing commercial business models for their respective industry niches; and characterizing market size and elasticity.

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  Over the past eighteen months, Andrews Space & Technology has developed a Two-Stage to Orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle architecture, using internal funds, built around its "Alchemist" Air Collection and Enrichment System (ACES) technology. AS&T is currently conducting a feasibility assessment of its "Alchemist" ACES under NASA's NRA8-30.

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